The APSA short course Introduction to Political Networks Concepts and Data is designed to serve as an introduction to the use of social network methods and concepts in political science; it is designed for students and scholars with no prior experience in network analysis. The day-long course (Wednesday, August 31, 9:30 am-5:00 pm) will cover four primary topics:
1) the practical uses of network concepts and analytic techniques in political science
2) basic network concepts and statistics
3) using surveys and other existing/potential sources to collect network data
4) software training.
The course will feature many examples of political network research drawn from the subfields of American, Comparative, International Relations and Public Policy to ensure that training is relevant to a wide range of substantive research interests. At the end of the day, all participants will have a chance to direct question about their own research to special guest James Fowler (UCSD), or one of the course instructors: Michael Heaney (University of Michigan), Amanda Murdie (Kansas State University), Meredith Rolfe (University of Oxford), or Anand E. Sokhey (University of Colorado at Boulder).
Please note: hands-on exercises will be conducted in UCInet, which is a Windows-based program, and is available as a free trial at: http://www.analytictech.com. Macintosh users will be able to use the program, but will need to run it through a Windows emulator.
Participants must register for the course prior to the meeting - information can be found at: http://www.apsanet.org/shortcourses/
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